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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
ClEcUMsTAy7I4L EYIDRScp

=" 10 we'll hAoWu tuat cuuBe Alien,
while he was upon the bench, was slow
to accept circumstantial evidence in
criminal cases as conclusive d guilt
until it was corroborated beyond aH
peradventure. Few people knew tie
reason why, but we heard it from his
own lips. At the time of the occurrence
he was presiding Judge of tbs Southern
Circuit, if we are notmistak,n. Spend
ing the night with him at his home in
Decatur County some years after he had
retired from the bench, he related his
experience. He said:
I'm those days it was quite different
from what tits now. Remember once,
while riding my circuit, as it was called,
that met with an experience that made
q deep impression upon me. I had
ridden all day and into the night, when
1 drew up at IN uninviting house and
asked to spend the night. The man
grufiy told me I could do so, and I
was almost sorry that he had not said
no. On entering the house I went into
q room aloneand heard low muttering
voices in the next room. The situation
was anything but agreeable, and my
speculations as to the surroundings
made it exceedingly unpleasant. But
bedtime came and was invited up
rickety flight of stairs and into room
in the loft of the house. retired, but
not to sleep. The mumbling voices
could still be heard, and q red-handed
murder stared me in the face. About
midnight heard some one creeping up
the stairs, and in moment the door
to my room was quietly pushed open.
In the door stood mon with butcher
knife in his hand. I had taken the pre-
caution to get out of the bed and had
taken my position under it when I heard
him coming, resolved to sell my life as
dearly as possible. I held pistol in
my hand, but some influence kept me
from firing. Presently the man walked
easily, with a cat-like tread, to the fur
Their corner of the room, and withthe
long knife cut something suspended
from the roof, and as quietly stole back
and down stairs"
"But you solved the mystery?" W,
queried.
ooh, yes. The next morning I WIS
invited into the breakfast room, and br
the first time saw the lady of the houe.
She excused herself for her absence IN
the night before by saying that their
little daughter was on what they
thought to be her death bed. She
apologized for the want of attention 20
me, and said that her husband was
forced to go into my room in order to
get some herbs with which to male
medicine for the sick child, and whie!l
they had forgotten to get before night.
What if 1 had shot and killed that man?
1t makes me shudder to think of it,
Columbus (Ga.) EnQuirer-Su,e.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03
CEN7:ENARIAN STATISTICS.


Prof. Humphrey of Cambridge, En-
gland, has prepared series of tables
which contain some interesting informa-
ton about centenarians. Of fifty-tso
persons whom he mentions, at least
eleyen-two males and nine females
actually attained the age of 100. Others
attained very nearly 100 years. Only
one of these persons reached los years,
while one died at the alleged age of
LOG. OF the fifty-two persons, thirty
six were women and sixteen men.
Out of the thirty-six women twenty
six had been married, and eleven had
borne large families. Of the twenty
six wives eight had been married before
they were 20, one at 16, and two at IL;
twelve of the ffty-two centenarians
were discovered to have been the
eldest children of their parents. The
centenarians were, generally, of spare
build, govt and rheumatism were, az q
rule, absent.
OF the fifty-two aged people twenty
four only had no teeth, the average
number of teeth remaining being four
or five. Long hours Of sleep were
notable among these old people, the
period of repose averaging nine hours,
while outdoor exerci se in plenty and
early-rising are to be noted among the
factors Of prolonged life. One of the
centenarians drank to excess on festive
occasions; another was a free beer
drinker, and drank like fish during
his whole life; twelve had been total
abstainers for life, or nearly SO, and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-03

A FRENCH physician, DR.. Martineau,
claims to have cured sixty-seyen cases
of diabetes out of seventy treated. His
specific is solution of carbonate of
lithia and arseniate of soda in ;crated
water, used to the exclusion of other
drinks.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
DEMONSTRATION.

.sronorrow, tomorrow, not today"
TnIs is what slothful people say,
''romo-row-to-day will take my rest,
Tomorrow each lc3son will cheert,llIy learn.
TOMORROW. fron every fault will turn,
aud try in all things 70 do my best"
Hut why tomorrow and not to-day:
fo.morrow's cares must have their sway.
Duttes its own each day will show.
what IL TO he must surely be:
Thoa caust rot fail this truth TO see
But what 0'sg bo ono can not know.
Who goes not forward must backward fail
straight onward fiy the moments ALL
Sor linger they. That thing alone
Is mine which in full possess.
Fen SO the hour with usefulness
Made ROB. call, in truth, mine own.
Inc days with wasted moments fraught,
Each in my LIES book counts for naught
Bu; empty pages blank and wide;
- nay lh'a day ant every day.
Ken, rs the minutes slip away
Good deeds and true on evory side.
-FrOU bs German. by &. l.. urine, in Church.
H,lE.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
TEMPERANCE.
THE SERPENT OF THE STILL.

The temptcr, rs Gods legends tell
Allowed on earth 90 roam
Crushed that which Woman loves SO WE'LL
Her sweet and sacred home.
From Eden, lost through his black art,
She wandered out forlorn;
She cursed him in her gentle heart
With meek but deadly scora.
And since, In varied guise OF sin.
lie works his hateful will,
And roappeers to-day within
The serpent OF the still.
He comes not now ia subtle mood
With smiles aS long ago
Enticing her by honeyed food,
And mysteries she may know;
He makes insulting, swift advance
Into her bright home.no5t,
Admitted and embraced, pcrchance,
BY those she loves the best
He brings the world whore he must dwell,
Her days and nights TO MI,
Transmitting Paradise TO He'll
This serpent OF the still
He twincs about her trembling life,
And soils IL with his slime;
He nils the hours with foolish strife,
He sows the seeds OF crime.
AId Poverty and fierce Disease,
And Hunger and Disgrace,
And Death by death-empanged degrees
Are In his cold embrace.
To grleve, 10 hurt, 10 rend, TO smte,
To ruin, and TO kill,
Are leaden links OF his delight
The serpent OF the still
Rouse, Woman, In your quiet power
Your hearts man-withering frown,
Your hand that rules the festal hour,
Aud crush the monster down
You shape the human form and soul,
You marx the infants way,
Youths fancy you can oft control,
Mans action you can sway;
Bend every blessin.; OF your life
TO fight Its dcadiiest i'll
Strike-daughter, maiden, widow, wife
This serpent OF the stilll
WI CdristOR, ia HdTper's WeekiH
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
KILLING CoNrAoioN.
How Infected vess'Is Are Made Gle
la American Porta


How Infected ves..Is Are Made Clean
in American Ports-
"Thc vessel has been uisiufected."
That is about all YOU hear said when
vessel carrying passengers affected
with a contagious disease arrives at
port
Perfectly safe" the health author
tiles say, aud So it generally turns out
to be, for no matter how virulcnt the
disease, IL scarcely ever breaks over
this fine set by the health protectors of
the country.
Curious, isn't il, that boat load of
people, who have, with their clothing
and baggage, been subjected or ex-
posed to cholera or yellow fever or
smallpox, can land passengers aud
baggage and freight. all of which have
carried the germs of disease, and dis
tribute them all over the country aud
in the thickly-crowded cities, and no
evil results follow?
Let us see how it Is done. Perhaps
it will not seem so strange then.
Thoroughly disinfectcd and placed in
quarantine Is not long sentence,
but it means a good deal after all. To
he obliged to lie idly two weeks, wait
ing TO see if horrible disease is going
to break out on shipboard and carry
men off by the dozen or score is not an
agreeable experience. Yet it is u part
Af hn hn In,
less vessel which arrives ut port carry
ing germs of infectious diseases. But
that is not NIL. There is good deal
more. "Disinfection" is n more serious
undertaking than is generally sup
posed. Here is sample case, and one
which may interest those who. have
never witnessed its methods and its
thoroughncss. Here is the way the
steamer Alcsia. recently arriving in
New York with cholera on board, was
handled.
The passengers were first removed.
the sick to the hospital for epidemic
diseases, the others to quarantine
station where they were watched care
fully by competent physicians. Then
the work of getting rid of the germs of
the disease began. The entire steamer
was twice washed with scalding water,
and then washed again. with a solution
of corrosive sublimatc. Think of wash
ing every accessible part of u big ocean
steamer twice with boiling water and
then with solution of corrosive sub
Innate. But that was only beginning.
As soon as this was done, the hatchcts
were closed and the decks covered
with tarpaulin and one hundred pounds
of sulphur burned in the hold, the
matches being kept closed twelve hours
Then every accessible part of the yes.
sci was again washed with brOomS
and spongcS) with the solution of cor
rOsive sublimate. Then the matches
fifty pounds of sulphur burned. Every
textile fabric, mats, carpets, clothing
Of the crow, beds and bedding, were
subjected to long boiling process.
Clothing of the passengers was
cooked" with hot steam inside q close
tank. The baggage. every piece Oft
subjected to hot steam and sulphrrous
acid gas many hours. The vessel was
kept fourteen days in the lower bay.
away from all other vessels. and. final |
~. as parting prccnution, all exposed !
portions except the saloons were re- |
painted, and the baggage of the pas
sengors again disinfectod by the means |
above indicated. - Cor. CINCINNATI |
IinleS.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25

that his hair had turned as white AZ
snow. He resigned. and never sent
another train order. ~ L. EceHing
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25

PRESIDENT ABERNErriY. of Rutho-
fcrd College. true Temperance man.
has organized large body OF boys.
eighteen years old and under. In his
college, called Juvenile Heroes" OBJ
ligatcd not 10 drink Intoxicating
liquors, swear, chew or smoke tobacco
until they are twenty-one years old.
They have regular weekly meetings.
ut which they read essays. declain.
and debate subjects calculated To-
strengthen them In the principles OF
temperance. purity and idellty.--
LINTON SigGaL
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
TO CONVERSE WELL.
An Accomplishment Which Requires
Both Tact and Discretion.


To converse we'll is not to engross
the conversation. 1t is not to do all
the talking. Ii is not necessary TO
talk with great brilliancy. A man
may talk with such surprising power
and splcndor as to awe the rest of the
company into silence or excite their
envy, and so produce a chill. where his
aim should be to produce heat and
sunshine. He should seek the art of
making others feel quite at home with
him, SO that, no matter however great
may be his attainmcnts or reputation,
or how small may be theirs. they find
it inscnsibly just as natural aud pleas
ant talking to him rs heating him talk.
The talent for conversation, indeed,
more than any thing else in life. re-
quircs tact and discretion. II requires
one TO have more varied knowledge.
and TO have it at an instant and abse-
lutte disposal. SO that he can talk just
as much or just as little rs the occasion
demands IL requires the ability 10
pass instantly and with ease from the
playful To the serious, from books TO
men and from the mere phrase of
courtesy TO the expression al sentiment
and passion, -B0ptiSt Hcekiy
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25

The old question - To- whether the
upper part Of II carriage wheel in mo-
ton goes along faster than the lower
part seems to have been settled by in.
Simultaneous photography. In the
photograph the outer end, Of the upper
spokes appear mdistinct by reason II
the motion. while the outer end, Of tie
spoke, In the lower part 81 the wheel
are photographed With d!ssacne,s.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
WORSE THAN USELESS.

Alcohol Is Not Life-SustainIng Medi-
cine, Does Not Act as q Food, ana Does
Not NourIsh the Tissuss-Facts Well
Established aud Weil-known to Tenn
perance Advocates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12

ono of tho correspondents Informs his readers that
one can live better In Boston ON 81 week than no
can Ia New-York on Sl2. We haven't the means at
hand TO test thee figures, but doubtless seven dollars
worth u beans goes great way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12

Tho Row. Narcsse Cyr will presently leave boston
and return 90 France TO work In behdt Oh the MeAi
Mission
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
FACE uUuORS.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12

Matters went smoothly Tor time and Then anotIer
sorIn burst upon my head had named my dincultles
TO Member OF Parliament well versed IN agricmtufai
matters Through some MISUNDERSTANDING ne con
notice OF government; aud was rather starued one
morning ind that my letter giving All particuhIe oi
in the House OF Commons the night before TO think
tbroneh maj believe the report omitted Ia the
london daily papers, but al ndanAndant Agricultural
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
NAMELESS CASE.

one week | would be attacked with spells Of
severe and most excruciating 1kih, always COM
mencing III the region of M 2 kidneys. The
pain would then go upwards and affect my
body and head and seemeH 20 penetrate my
fering, lasting abaiit 'ei ght hours Zach spell.
l resorteu 70 all kinds Of medfsine without
benefit. Several doctors treated NY case; but
none gave relief FINALLY used 3. B. B. as an
experiment, and to my utter astonshment all
pain and suffering vanished after Using three
doses. To the present time have Used three
bottles, and not pain has ever returned. / do
not know what was the matter, naitheT could
my physician name the complaint. THE B. B.
B. acted finely and powerfully upon nsy kid
neys; my appetite has been splendid and my
constitution built up rapidly. r. THOMAS,
Constitution, Ga, May 6. 1856
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
Tar Heel Liniment!

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The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
sssE,,:sM
TApEsSLABlHkkca
%6dSN E1a0ssdI
PROS. CHas. LUDWIG Won SEEGER

Professor Of H~ficine at the Royal Unfoers~s
Knight of tn H"ynt rstrian Order o. the Iron
Crown; Exisat Commander of the Royal Span
ssh Order 81 IsaLelEa; knight Of the Royd!
Drussian Order -f tbs Red Eagle; CheOdtier OF
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ent remedy. am thor ,ughly conversant with
its mode OF preparation and know 1t to he not
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received in all parts 81 the world. 1t contains
essence of Beef, Coca. Quinine, Iron and Cal
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Spanish Imperial Crown sherry
Invaluable to all who are Run Down. Ner-
vousness. Dyspeptic. b lious. Malarious or al
ficted with weak kidneys.
REWA ARE OLE INVITATIONS.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
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The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17
UNIMPEACHED INTEGRITY,

I am IS. Broke down twelve years ago and
have not been able to work since. Have lost
proper action of my hips and legs. For five
years sch ofulous sores have appeared on my
scalp and nose, and at the same time my eye
sight began to fail, and for three years have
been comparatively blind Heve been treated
by eminent physicians of different schools
without cure. l have taken five bottles of b
[made at Atlanta, Ga and all scrofulous
sores are gradually healing. inflammation
about my eyes has disap ,eared and there is
some improvement in my vision. Am very
much benefited and relieved and begin to feel
like boy again--teel good. Ny strength and
activity returning in my legs and hips.
The B. B. B. acts vigorously upon my kidneys,
and fhe great quantity of matter that has been
forced out through the skin is utterly lncredi-
BILE, often so offensive i'll odor as produce
nausea. refer to all the business men of
LaCrrange, Ga. +. PKoPHILL.
LaGFange, Ga. January Is, 1856.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-17

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